198 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
the red one to the other man, and the black one to him. The chief 
went off toward his home slowly, wondering if this poor boy had any 
sticks. When the chief arrived at the place he saw the sticks and took 
them, as he was requested to do. When he came to the grounds he 
handed the red one to the man, but he refused to accept the red one, 
saying ‘that he expected to use the black one. The boy took his black 
stick and the man then had to use the red stick. The man asked 
to be allowed to lay his hands on the black stick, and so he was given 
the black stick, expecting to do the same thing that was.done to him. 
Then the boy said that the wheel had to be thrown a long way in the 
grass before pitching the sticks. | 
Then the big game began. When first pitching the sticks the 
wheel always had to be thrown in the grass and the black stick would 
never fail to find the wheel, because the stick really belonged there. 
Night or day, the black stick would find the wheel. When they first 
pitched the stick the man tried to break Half-a-Boy’s stick, but failed. 
The boy won the first time, and won back one third of his body. Half- 
a-Boy had already announced that he wanted to double his bet at all 
times. He won right along, without allowing his opponent to win a 
single point. Half-a-Boy finally won everything that the people in his 
opponent’s village had, until the people began to carry out everything 
that they had, for they were glad to see some one win things from the 
cruel man. Before noon, Half-a-Boy won everything that was in the 
village. This man whom he was playing with was a shadow, and his 
name was Shadow-of-the-Sun (Ihakaatskada). He began to cry out, 
“This is the first time I ever had any one who could play so well! I 
wonder where he got such powers!” He told the boy that he had won 
all that he had, but the boy told him to bet his people off; that there 
were a good many of his people yet. In doubling the bets it did not 
take him very long to win all the cruel man’s people. When the boy 
had won all the people, Shadow-of-the-Sun told the boy that he had won 
everything that he had at the present time, and that he wanted to stop. 
But the boy told him that he had to bet his life, as he himself had done, 
and that he would bet his own life against the man’s life, in one bet. 
Finally Shadow-of-the-Sun said that his rule in betting human beings 
was always to bet three bets. He also asked the boy if his life could be 
spared, and told him that if he would spare his life he could have the 
same powers that he had, and could be a great chief among his people. 
But the boy told him that he did not have any use for his powers, and 
that he did not have any people for him to be chief of. They com- 
menced to play again, and the boy won the first third of Shadow-of-the- 
